A deck collapsed at a Narragansett beach house on Saturday leaving multiple students injured and shaken. Photo contributed anonymously. Over the weekend on Saturday Feb. 3, an off campus party went from fun to horror after the household deck collapsed to the ground. The house, located on Sakonnet Boulevard in Narragansett, started off as a…
The University of Rhode Island held a rally on Wednesday afternoon against newly elected President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The goal of the rally was to “Join in a gathering to affirm [University of Rhode Island] values of acceptance and inclusion, and support for all in our community.” The rally, which was initially…
The University of Rhode Island will increase tuition for the 2017-2018 academic year with an additional $908 for in-state students and $1,168 for out-of-state students. “How we do tuition increases at the University of Rhode Island is we calculate how much the tuition increase needs to be, not in terms of percentage but in terms…
On April 20, 1999, the Columbine High School shooting changed the entire perception police had about active shooting training. Prior to Columbine, police were trained to surround the perimeter and wait for backup. Now police immediately go into a building as fast as they can, back-up or no back-up, armed or unarmed. At the second…
The Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory Review Committee, or SOARC, decided in the fall 2015 semester to do a review on positions from all student organizations that receive a stipend on campus. These meetings involved one to two students representing each stipended position, and explained their role and outlined their need for a stipend…
The American education system is experiencing a college-tuition crisis, but Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and other democratic senators are trying to change that. College tuition keeps rising beyond what the current generation can afford, leaving many students in crippling debt and a poor job market. At the University of Rhode Island, in a recent student survey…